Map: Gaza offensive - Week One

Israeli forces are conducting an offensive against Hamas in Gaza by land, sea and air, while Palestinian rockets continue to hit Israel. This map details the latest major developments.

SATURDAY 3 JANUARY

Gaza Strip: Israeli troops enter northern Gaza, initiating a much-anticipated ground offensive. Hours earlier, Israel fired artillery shells across the border for first time since the offensive began.Gaza City: One of the leaders of Hamas's military wing, Abu Zakaria al-Jamal, was killed in an overnight raid.South Israel: At least 20 Palestinian rockets landed, including in Ashkelon, Ashdod and Sderot. No casualties were reported but a house in Ashkelon was hit.Beit Lahiya: At least 10 Palestinians were killed by an Israeli strike on a mosque, local medical sources said. Earlier, a caretaker was killed in a raid which destroyed large parts of the town's American school.

FRIDAY 2 JANUARY

Khan Younis: Three Palestinian children killed in Israeli air strike.Jabaliya: A mosque described by Israeli security officials as a "terror hub" used to stockpile weapons, was destroyed. Ashkelon: Hamas fired more than 20 rockets into Israel, with some landing in the port town of Ashkelon. No casualties were reported.

THURSDAY 1 JANUARY

Gaza City: The Justice Ministry, Legislative Assembly, Civil Defense Building, Education ministry were hit, as well as at least two money changers' offices and a workshop.Jabaliya: A senior Hamas leader, Nizar Rayyan, was killed in an air strike along with at least nine people, including several members of his family.South Israel: More than 30 rockets fired, including at least one landing in Ashdod and two in Beersheba.

WEDNESDAY 31 DECEMBER

Gaza City: Office of former Prime Minister Ismail Haniya and other Hamas buildings attacked.
Israeli aircraft continue to strike tunnels near the border with Egypt.Beersheba: Hit by Hamas rockets for a second day, but no casualties reported.

TUESDAY 30 DECEMBER

Beit Hanoun: Two girls killed in an air strike. Gaza City: At least three buildings in ministry compound hit. Ashdod: Woman killed in rocket attackBeersheba: Attacked by rockets fired from Gaza, the furthest into Israel a Palestinian missile has ever reached.

MONDAY 29 DECEMBER

Nahal Oz: Israeli soldier killed and five others wounded at unspecified military base near a border crossing. Gaza City: Interior Ministry and Islamic University at Tel al-Hawa badly damaged in air strike.
Home of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya at Shati refugee camp targeted. Ashkelon: One man killed and several other people injured in rocket attack.

SUNDAY 28 DECEMBER

Jabaliya: Several people killed at a mosque - including five sisters - in air attack at the refugee camp. Yabna refugee camp: Civilian family reported killed Rafah: Three brothers reported killed. Khan Younis: Four members of Islamic Jihad and a child reported killed.Ashdod: Palestinian rockets hit the city, the first attack so far north.Deir al-Balah: Palestinians injured, houses and buildings destroyed.
Israeli planes strike tunnels running between Egypt and Gaza.
Naval vessels targeted at Gaza City port andintelligence building attacked.

SATURDAY 27 DECEMBER

Gaza City, Rafah, Khan Younis: Israel launches a wave of air and missile attacks on targets across Gaza. Some 225 people are killed, according to local medics. Most are policemen within the Hamas militant movement; police chief Tawfik Jaber is among the dead. Women and children also died, according to officials in Gaza. Netivot: One man killed, several injured in Palestinian rocket attack.

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